Allan Overton, do you want a lift? I've lost your contact details
Bob Straughan.
St Thomas Secondary Modern Boys School, Salisbury, Wiltshire
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St Thomas Sec.Mod. Boys School no longer exists. The history of the school is given here: http://his This school was extended in the early 1960s and became St.
The school moved from St Thomas' Square, Salisbury to the new site on Bemerton Heath in 1957 and 359 pupils transferred there. Thomas's Boys' Secondary Modern School. In 1973 the school amalgamated with the Westwood Girls' School on the same site to form Westwood St. Thomas's School. Later on the school was renamed as Salisbury High School and is now Sarum Academy.
Glitch!
Some of you will have noticed a glitch that occurred this afternoon w.r.t. a 'Get-Together' which WILL be happening at the George & Dragon pub, Castle Street, Salisbury on Friday 21st July between 1430-1730. The following is what I've attempted to report to FB - without success due to another glitch - but which explains the situation. Meanwhile I'll attempt to post the Event again.
"I created an 'Event' to occur between 1430-1730 on afternoon of Friday 21st July. However FB events posted two events, the second one being for 1430-1730 on Saturday 22nd. When I deleted the second event (Saurday) it deleted all the information for Friday's event as well!
25/05/2023
But these are my own Pins anyway! 🤔
02/12/2022
Seasons Greetings everyone, and wishing you all a safe and Happy Christmas and New Year. We hope to see even more of you at ‘Get-Togethers’ in the New Year😊.
12/03/2022
in 1838 English chemist William Henry Perkin was born.
In the 21st century, we're used to having a full spectrum of colours in our wardrobes and around our homes. But we owe this cheap availability of a variety of colours to discoveries in chemistry over the last 200 years, which started a synthetic dye boom.
The synthetic dye boom started with mauveine, the purple dye discovered in 1856 by 18-year-old William Henry Perkin. The discovery was made by accident whilst Perkin was trying to synthesise quinine – an expensive natural substance used to treat malaria – by isolating aniline salts from coal tar, a waste product from the gas industry.
Perkin’s experiment failed, but he was left with an unfamiliar dark substance which, when dissolved in alcohol, produced a purple solution which could dye silk, as seen in this skirt and blouse in the collection.
Discover more about the colourful chemistry of artificial dyes and the legacy of the synthetic dye boom in this online story: https://bit.ly/3CEeoFW
18/12/2021
Seasons Greetings everyone, and wishing you all a safe and Happy Christmas and New Year.
Welcome Christopher.
Today's the day.
13.00 at the Pheasant.
Hope a few of you are ready to start the memories flowing with your tales.
Maybe start with name and period at school.
23/09/2021
1958 photograph (we think), from Bryan Slark. (Edit. We now think it says 1954).
01/02/2020
‘My Old School Photo’. A link to this site has just been posted on the fb site of another school I once attended. I think former pupils may well find this interesting 😊:
My Old School Photo – Helping you find your old school photo Search for and find your old school photo with My Old School Photo. We have thousands of uk school photographs so you’re sure to find what you’re looking for.
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